Job Closed
This listing is no longer active.
We are all Humans!
Senior PHP Engineer – Laravel, Payments
Location
Portugal
Posted
71 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior PHP Engineer – Laravel, Payments
HumanIT Digital Consulting
• You'll develop, maintain, and enhance the core backend of a high-stakes payment platform, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance. • The role involves implementing critical functionalities including transaction processing, user authentication, and integrations with external payment services like Stripe, GoCardless, and CardStream. • You'll refactor complex controllers, design clean business logic within services and repositories, and collaborate with the Tech Lead on key architectural decisions. • Working with multiple MySQL databases via RDS and DynamoDB, you'll write efficient queries and contribute to robust API development for mobile and web clients. • You'll optimize performance using caching strategies with Redis/Laravel Cache, ensure security through secure coding practices, and support production environments on AWS.
Job Requirements
- Backend PHP expertise : Strong experience with PHP, ideally within financial or e-commerce environments building reliable, scalable applications
- Laravel mastery : Solid understanding of the Laravel ecosystem for developing clean, maintainable solutions
- Database proficiency : Experience with relational databases (MySQL via RDS) and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB) ensuring efficient data handling
- Frontend basics : Familiarity with jQuery for supporting frontend interactions when needed
- Payment integrations : Hands-on experience integrating payment gateways and third-party APIs including AWS SDK
- Performance optimization : Skilled in optimizing database queries, implementing caching strategies (Redis/Laravel Cache), and applying secure coding practices
- Testing and quality : Experience writing unit and integration tests using PHPUnit, leveraging PHPStan for static analysis, and using debugging tools effectively
- DevOps fundamentals : Comfortable with Composer, NPM/Vite, and basic AWS services (EC2, S3, SQS, Lambda) for deployment
- Problem-solving skills : Ability to troubleshoot complex transaction flows and refactor legacy code while maintaining system stability
- Collaboration expertise : Strong experience with code reviews, Git-based workflows, and Agile development environments
- Unix/Linux familiarity : Comfortable navigating Unix systems and troubleshooting
- Communication clarity : Ability to explain technical concepts to various stakeholders in English
- Growth mindset : Self-driven with ability to work with minimal supervision toward common goals
- Language requirement : Fluent English (mandatory for client and leadership communication).
Benefits
- Expected travel varies by project (0-15%)
Related Guides
Related Job Pages
More Backend Engineer Jobs
Senior Backend Engineer
Computrition, Inc.The leader in Hospitality Enterprise Resource Optimization (HERO).
• Own major components of a new SaaS platform from design through production • Build event-sourced, CQRS-based services in C#/.NET using DDD principles • Design clean domain models, message contracts, and integration patterns using RabbitMQ • Deliver cloud-ready solutions using Docker and AWS (deployment, observability, reliability) • Apply an AI-first approach to engineering: agentic AI tools, automated workflows, code generation/review, test generation, and productivity accelerators • Partner with product and engineering leaders to define architecture, standards, and delivery practices • Write high-quality, well-tested, maintainable code and raise the bar through reviews and mentorship
Full Stack Developer, .NET
Ben FattoOur mission is the development of customizations and personalizations in the solutions offered by Thomson Reuters.
• Develop and modernize software applications using best practices in coordination with a distributed team • Have an advanced understanding of software development methodologies and a proven ability to design and build complex software systems • Contribute to design decisions where needed • Participate in all aspects of an agile software development process, including design, coding, testing, documentation, quality assurance, and deployment • Leverage "innovation time" to work on personal projects and special areas of interest
Staff Engineer – React, Node.js
HostawayHostaway offers scalable solutions with award-winning support to fast-growing vacation rental property managers!
• Lead greenfield MVP development and architect the initial V1 product • Implement a flexible, white-label React application • Build a backend to relay data into the white-label solution and internal data systems • Deliver a secure, scalable, and auditable trust accounting subsystem with high-quality standards • Help refine early processes to improve delivery speed, system reliability, and team autonomy • Champion engineering practices that emphasize quality, resilience, and observability • Provide technical context in discussions and decisions, fostering transparency and accountability • Establish initial frontend CI/CD pipelines to support independent deployments
Senior Backend Engineer, AI Platform
HostawayHostaway offers scalable solutions with award-winning support to fast-growing vacation rental property managers!
• Design and build services that integrate AI into customer-facing features. • Develop performant and scalable APIs and backend services that connect AI outputs to SaaS functionality. • Collaborate with product and design teams to create intuitive AI-driven user experiences. • Partner with platform and integration teams to embed AI into existing systems and workflows. • Implement observability, monitoring, and error handling for AI services in production. • Contribute to evolving our AI integration stack (Python SDKs, MCP servers, LLM orchestration).
